He is certainly no Fishburne Montana. Thank God for this. Ryan Couture, son of Randy, one of the most famous mixed martial artists in the history of sport, was willing to take things slowly. While daughter Laurence Fishburne is in porn "accelerate" his rise to stardom, Couture trained hard and stayed under the radar, every four months of fighting or so away at amateur level. If there was a amateur in the late 1990s, is probably the way that his father would've gone about things when he was doing his transition from amateur fighter pro wrestler.
The hard work was put and Team Couture thinks time time for Ryan to make a run to your career.He makes his debut Friday evening at Strikeforce Challenger 10 Arizona. Couture, 27, is facing in answering critics who say that non-combatant should get a chance to make their debut pro on Showtime.
"I think the cause of my surname and ticket sales, is absolutely" Couture [said SB Nation Arizona] Wednesday during a session of preseason training combat.
"It's not like I've paid my dues as a pro and have a resume pro solid to justify me put on the main map. business is one thing and the name gets a lot of attention. At this point it's just a fact of life. We are going to be people who are on this bitter and hold that against me, but there's nothing I can do. "
If he feels a ton of pressure, you can't blame the Couture. After all, his father a former UFC champ in two divisions and helped building sport. But the young Couture is too to Earth to get bogged down by inheritance from his father. Couture said IFight365 .com:
"Being who I am, I feel like a lot of attention, but the additional pressure of only that I feel that is the kind that I put on myself from trying to run at the level that I know that I can get. We are going to be very few people who have the kind of impact on sport that my father, so thought will amount that would be unrealistic. So I'm just trying to do everything they can to make sure you perform to the best of my ability.The rest will take care of itself. "
He says he's the son of a legend and one of the strongest guys in the world of sport can only be regarded as a positive.
"Should have been a fool to think entry into this sport that others wouldn't focus on who is my father. But I accepted it and embrace it.Really, I couldn't spend time talking about a better person.I'm pretty sure he would be my favorite fighter, even if he wasn't a blood relative. "
Couture manages the father's gym Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas. is also where he trains with lightweights as Tyson Griffin and guru of the father as grappling coach Neil Melanson and hitting coach Tim Lane. During his five fights amateur, he is looked more comfortable on the ground. He is fairly humble about her abilities and SA has along the way to go.
"All my successes have come through the presentation, so he would have had to go with that. But I feel like I am rather dangerous worldwide. My wrestling not s where it should be yet, so there are a lot of guys who are going to beat me vi. But with my presentation decent and game amazing, I feel like if you make up for that."
Couture faces 20-year-old Lucas Stark.
